Filling-box for cotton-presses.



No. -634,839. Patented oct. lo, 1899.

0. A. THORSEN & .L E. SHUTT. FILLING Box Fon comm PRESSES.

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FILLING BUXFOR COTTON PRESSES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

OLE ANDRDis 'rnORsnN AND JOHN EDWARD SHUTT, or GANADO, Texas.

FILLING-sox FOR COTTON-PRESSES.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,839, `dated October 10, 1899. A

i Application filed February l, 1899. Y Serial No. 704,107. (Normodeld Y To coll whom invii/cry concern:

Be it known that-we, OLE ANnRIAs THOR- SEN and JOHN EDWARD SHUTT, of Ganado, in the county of Jackson and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Filling- Box for Cotton-Presses, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

Our invention relates to an improvement in boxes used in connection with cotton-presses for forming the balepreliminary to its insertion intothe press proper.

Our invention comprises the novel features of construction, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.'

Figure l is a side elevation of our device, the flooring at thebottom of the box being shown in section.v Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the supporting-shaft in section. Fig. 3 is a section taken through the pivot-bars upon which the sides of the boxes swing. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of one of the hinges of the boxes, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4.

Our device is one which has two boxes C arranged on opposite sides of a central pivot the cotton. These boxes are alternately filled and then revolved beneath the press, where the cotton is compressed and discharged therefrom'.A

AThe boxes are mounted upon hinges of a peculiar construction. These hinges are pivoted upon vertical pivot-bars B', which are supported at their upper ends in a yokeB and at their lower ends in a similar yoke, or by means of pivot-plates B2, which are secu red to the floor A'. These pivot-bars are substantially in line with the sides of the boxes, and

the adjacent ends of `Ithe boxes are removed some distauce'frorn the pivot-bars.

lThe pivotbars B' have collars G secured thereto and determining the vertical position of the hinges D, which lie between said colthe hinge may be adjusted.

lars.. These'collars G and the eyes of the that they may be conveniently putin position and removed. The eyes areformed of two semicircular sections D and D2, which are provided at one end with ears, 'through which passes asecuring-bolt el', and at their opposite ends are provided with extensions D3 and D4, which have a channel or recess in their inner or adjacent edges adapted to receive an extension member E, by which the length of A bolt d, passing through this portion of the hinge, secures the various parts together.

One of the bars which forms the eye is provided withinthe recess which is formed in its extension D8 with teeth, which are adapted to be engaged by corresponding teeth upon the extension member E, so that the partsmay be firmly held in adjusted position. By this means the hinges may be adjusted through a considerable range, and thus enable the' same hinges to be used for presses in which the location of the boxes somewhat varies.

The barD2, which forms one portion of the hinge, is provided with ears F2, to which is pivoted a link F, which at its other` end is pivoted to a plate F', secured to the end section C3 of the box. The end section of the box is similarly pivot-ed to a link F upon its opposite edge, being thus supported at each edge and at top and bottom, The point of connection of the link F to the hinge is between the pivot-point of the hinge and its end, and the link swings in an arc of a circle as the side C or C2 opens. As a result of this construction and when a side C2 or C is swung open the end section C3 will be moved toward the centralstandard A iu the manner shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. This moves both end and side sections simultaneousl y awa-y from the cotton which is within the box. The other end section C4 is pivoted at H upon one of the side sections, the one to which it is pivoted being determined by whether the press is a right or left handed one. The free end of the section C" is se cured to the opposite side section by means of a latch H' of any suitable construction. The upper end of the Central standard A is v supported by means ot' a beam A2, which extends over the boxes.

By providing the hinges with balbbearings in the manner described the sides are swung with little exertion, and the boxes may be rmly supported without using rollers ora track for the same. To more rigidly support the boxes, stay-rods or braces I are employed, which extend from eyes I/ in the n pper set of hinges and located as near their pivot-point as possible to similar eyes 12,10- cated upon the under set oi` hinges and as far from their pivots as possible. This Supports the boxes more rigidly.

Having thus fully describedour invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Les ters Patent-.- 7

l. kA iillingchamber for cotton-presses, havingr its sides and ends separable, the sides being mounted on arms at one end, pivots for the outer ends of said arms, and links connesting said arms near their pivots with the adjacent end section of the chamber, whereby the end section is moved outwardly by the swinging outward of the sides, substantially as described.

2. In filling-boxes for cotton-presses, the combination of a central supportiiig-standard, a yoke supported thereon, pivot-bars carried by the yoke ends, hinges npon said pivotbars, a box having its sides carried by the hinges, the box end next the central pivot being separable from its sides, and links piwy oted to the body of the hinges and to the said box end, substantially as described.

3. In filling-boxes for cotton-presses, the combination of a central su pporting-standard, a yoke supported thereon, pivot-bars carried by the yoke ends, hinges upon said pivotbars, a box having its sides Carried by the hinges, the box end next the central pivot being separable from its sides, and links pivoted to the body of the hinges and to the said box end, the opposite box end being hinged to one of the sides, and means for securing` the outer edge of this end to the other side, substantially as described.

4. In filling-boxes for cotton-presses, the combination of a central standard, vertical pivot-bars, top and bottom supports therefor extending from the Central standard, the pivot-bars being approximately in line with the sides of the boxes, boxes formed of separableside and end sections and located on opposite sides of the central standard, hinges journaled upon the pivot-bars and secured to the adjacent ends of the side sections of the boxes, and links pivoted to the body of the hinges and to the adjacent end section of the boxes, the outer end sections of the boxes being pivoted to one of the side sections, and catches for securing the swinging edges of the said outer end sections to the other side sections, snbstantially as described.

5. In fiiling-boxes for cotton-presses, the combination of a central standard, Vertical pivot-bars approximately in line with the sides of the boxes, supports for said pivotbars extending from the central standard, a box formed of separate side and end sections and located at one side of the central standard and pivot-bars, top and bottom hinges ,jonrnaled upon the pivot-bars, and stays ex tending from the inner end of the upper hinge tothe outer end ofthe lower hinge, the till# ing-box being secured to said hinges, substantially as described.

OLE ANDRIAS THORSEN. JOHN EDWARD SHUTT.

lVitnesses:

NELSON STEGALL, ALLEN STEGALL. 

